Relaxing at home in his 55th-floor condominium before a game, Sammy Sosa is the same as at the ball park: focused but funny, exuberant but reserved. He is in a strange country, conversing in two languages, but his every movement displays a combination of confidence and humility. Bill Dedman 55thballcombination share on social
State courts usually rule that correspondence between government officials, about government business, are public records, whether they use their government e-mail accounts or private ones. Bill Dedman accountbusinesscorrespondence Change image and share on social
In more than 500 instances, from the Gulf of Alaska to Bar Harbor, Maine, FEMA has remapped waterfront properties from the highest-risk flood zone, saving the owners as much as 97 percent on the premiums they pay into the financially strained National Flood Insurance Program. Bill Dedman alaskabarfema share on social
History is the best guide to the future. Bill Dedman futureguidehistory Change image and share on social
The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Bill Dedman accessadministrationargument share on social
In Minneapolis, the overhead sky walks protect pedestrians from the winter cold and snow. Bill Dedman coldminneapolisoverhead Change image and share on social
I'm not in the what-people-feel business. It is not my place to guess. Bill Dedman businessfeelguess Change image and share on social
America's schools and streets are safer than Americans know. Bill Dedman americaamericansafe Change image and share on social
The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger. Bill Dedman ambitionburdenclark share on social
Less than a year after the Sept. 11 attacks, al-Qaida attacks were continuing: the firebombing of a synagogue in Tunisia in April, a bomb outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi in June. Bill Dedman aprilattackbomb Change image and share on social